JAPANESE FLYERS part1

I've always loved the flyers Sassa (Denzil Naar)created over the years and I can only imagine how many people he has influenced and entertained with his style; And here is a perfect example. Hailing all da way from Japan, check out some of these wicked flyers heavily inspired by the master.

HENRY JUNJO'S VOLCANO

Here's a full color copy of Sassa's work done for the cover of the infamous book "Reggae Inna Dance Hall Style" by Tero Kaski & Pekka Vuorinen.

Tero & Pekka were responsable for publishing the Finnish magazine Cool Runnings that stopped from circulating in 1984. A year earlier they had taken a road trip to Kingston and had a chance to witness dances of the champion sound at the time: Henry "Junjo" Lawes' VOLCANO HI-POWER! This lead to many interviews with the artists stated on the cover of the publication and gave them a chance to share with the rest of the world 16 pages of color & black/white pictures inna 96 pages Bible!

Yes, I do stress on the word Bible because for any Soundman and/or collector this one deh ya is a mus!!! HUNT!

DENZIL "SASSAFRASS" NAAR

The name is possibly unfamiliar to most but Denzil Naar aka Sassa was the people's promoter back in the days and a wiiiicked poster designer. Over the years I have been trying to track posters of Soundsystem Tapes I own to match the case and the date of the dances in question. Needless to say that it's as tuff as finding mint Kalypso 78's but it still is a very rewarding treasure hunt. Not all posters as are fun as the ones posted here, nor as dynamic, however since I'm pretty much a sucker for Sassa's poster designs I wanted to share with you a few from my personal collection of classic dances. All from 1983. Enjoy!